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Ethical Assessment

ELNET MARK OF ETHICS

Companies and individuals receive ELNET Mark of Ethics Award after undergoing a perception survey based on the 15 Ethical statements developed by ELNET. The companies are recognized by ELNET as ethical in their dealings and therefore listed in this directory. The statements of evaluation are listed below.

CORPORATE CULTURE THAT TRANSFORMS BUSINESS

As part of the process of engaging business leaders on issues of ethics and values, we would like to invite your commitment on these issues:

Individual Ethical Commitments, Individual issues that touch on what the individual commits to do, in order to reflect true Christian values in one’s place of work and thereby positively influencing others.

1. Truthful in speech

Say what you mean and mean what you say

Your word is your bond

2. Faithfulness in family relations

Be faithful to your spouse

Have quality relations with children

Provide for your family

3. Abhor selfish ambition

Playing fair

Not making excessive/exploitative profits

Avoid abuse of office/position

Avoid abuse of position in the family

4. Look out to the interest of others

Do not look only at your own interest in life pursuits

5. Pay workers fairly

Compensate in line with relevant industry

Pay should be commensurate with service

In line with your ability to pay

Compensation should express worth and dignity

6. Treat others with fairness and justice in our daily interactions

Uphold human worth and dignity knowing you have one Master

Consistency both at work and at home, private and public

7. Shun bribery, personally and in your organization. Actively be in involved in creating a corruption free society

Do not acquire money that you have not earned to buy what you do not need

Do not be involved in corrupt deals in order to gain personally

Pay your debts on time

Live within your means

B a good financial steward of your finances

Invest in your personal financial literacy

11. Give back to society

By remembering the less fortunate

Share some of your income with the less fortunate

Mind how you earn your money, do not exploit in order to give in charity

Taking care of the environment

Participate in Advocacy

12.Be a peace maker

Make it your ambition to live at peace with others and promote peaceful coexistence

A peace maker is a person who looks for ways and means that promote peace

Proactively create ways of anticipating conflicts and when present mediation

13. Seek synergies to impact the broader society

Find ways to make society a better place

Seeking partnerships in the community in order to improve the society. This could be through:

Advocacy or taking other appropriate action using your influence in the industry/society

14. Commit to mentor others in ethical practice

Be a source of inspiration for those who look up to you, walk alongside them

Seek to allocate time to develop others

Commit to mentor and to be mentored

15. Commit to have accountability partners to help you realize all the above ethical commitments

Intentionally invite accountability partners and maintain an accountable lifestyle so that you can model these principles and thereby multiply leaders committed to ethical business practice and living.

Corporate Ethical Commitments: Corporate issues that an institution commits to pursue in order to create an environment that allows staff and other stakeholders to uphold values that society would benefit from.

1. Honest and ethical in dealings

Does not hurt the other party

Is completely true

No white lies

2. Provision of quality goods and services in an impartial manner

Give reasonable value for money

Transparent on what the goods can do or not do

Does not favour one against the other due to ethnicity or such consideration

3. Provide adequate, timely, accurate and accessible information

Do not delay or distort information

4. Negotiate all contracts with integrity

Be honest in your negotiations at all times

5.Pay creditors timely

Keep your word as to timing of payments

Renegotiate in good time

6. Refuse to elicit, accept or pay bribes

Do not give or accept anything that can influence your decisions or decision of another

7.Pay taxes

Willing to contribute to societal costs rather than be a ‘parasite’

8.Pay reasonable salaries and wages

Do not pay below government wages

Be within your sector salary levels

9. Obey government, authorities

Follow the law

10. Give back to society by remembering the less fortunate

Be involved in voluntary societal giving beyond taxes

11.Seek synergies to impact the broader society

Work with rather than against others in your sector to benefit society

12. Develop employees and grow their competence

Regard employees as your stake holder who must fully benefit from your business

13. Respect the dignity of the individual and the right of employees to freedom of association

Know an employee is not a slave but a willing stakeholder

14. Partner and outsource services from organizations that uphold the same ethical values and practices as the corporate

Do not outsource corruption

15. Commit to have active accountability structures to help you realize all the above ethical commitments

Intentionally invite accountability partners and maintain accountable practices so that corporate models these principles and thereby multiplies leaders committed to ethical business practice and living.